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http://www.madmuseum.org/exhibition/surfacedepth

“By maintaining that domestic craft techniques and materials could also be used in fine art, Schapiro lit the path for countless artists who followed; this exhibition pairs examples from her œuvre with an inspired selection of paintings, assemblages, and sculptures by others, which echo not only Schapiro’s formal strategies but also her politics, with tongue-in-cheek deployments of decorative elements.” – The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/surfacedepth-the-decorative-after-miriam-schapiro)

“Surface/Depth” brings to life a phantasmagorical world in which psychedelic patterns dance on televisions wrapped in vibrantly colored paper and canvases teem with multicolored flowers. Both Schapiro and the artists she influenced demonstrate the many ways craft works—collages, quilts, and even plastic bags—can become useful, critical tools for investigating social and political structures.” — ARTNEWS (http://www.artnews.com/2018/04/24/beyond-surface-miriam-schapiros-enduring-legacy-full-view-museum-arts-design/)

http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/tanya-aguiniga-craft-and-care
http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/tanya-aguiniga-craft-and-care

Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/tanya-aguiniga-craft-and-care) opens May 8! An artist, designer and activist, Aguiñiga has established herself as a crucial voice working at the intersection of fiber art, design, and social practice. Her work investigates how community is created, and the role that craft, design, and materiality play in its formation. Ranging from her “Performance Crafting” series and woven and knotted wall hangings—which use craft to generate dialogues about identity, culture, and gender—to furniture whose material and form reimagine its functionality to provide “support,” Aguiñiga shows a commitment to design thinking as political.

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http://madmuseum.org/events/studio-sunday-83
http://madmuseum.org/events/studio-sunday-83

Construct large-scale puppets and costumes this Sunday May 6 at 10 am with artist and Van Lier Fellow Lexy Ho-Tai (http://madmuseum.org/learn/lexy-ho-tai) . For this month’s Studio Sunday (https://www.madmuseum.org/events/studio-sunday-83) , we’ll create a “Kooker”—a wild and wacky creature from a mysterious, playful, faraway world using found and recycled materials. At 10:30 am, join us for a reading of the beloved children’s book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, presented as part of MADreads, which combines interactive story time and visual exploration to bring books to life.

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http://madmuseum.org/events/isabel-wilkerson
http://madmuseum.org/events/isabel-wilkerson

Join us for a lecture, Q&A, and book signing by Isabel Wilkerson (http://madmuseum.org/events/isabel-wilkerson) , National Humanities Medalist and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book ‘The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration’ on May 9, 6:30–8 pm. A gifted storyteller, Wilkerson captivates audiences with the universal story of migration and the enduring search for the American dream, the origins of our shared commonality. Following her lecture, Ms. Wilkerson will participate in a short Q&A with the audience and be available to sign copies of her book. This program is presented in conjunction with MAD’s current exhibitions Derrick Adams: Sanctuary (https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/derrick-adams-sanctuary) , La Frontera: Encounters Along the Border (https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/la-frontera) and Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care (https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/tanya-aguiniga-craft-and-care) , all of which deal with themes of migration, travel,
safety and borders.
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https://madmuseum.org/events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides
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Be part of the conversation on May 12, 4–5:30 pm and hear from artist, designer and activist Tanya Aguiñiga (https://madmuseum.org/events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides) and other AMBOS Project (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) (https://madmuseum.org/events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides) team members, with MAD’s William and Mildred Ladson Chief Curator Shannon R. Stratton about the ongoing community-art and interventionist activities of the bi-national artist collective. Founded by Aguiñiga and launched in 2015, AMBOS is a long-term initiative that activates sites along the US–Mexico border through collaborative art-making and storytelling projects.
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Thanks to the thousands of attendees who supported LOOT: MAD About Jewelry! This year, MAD’s annual exhibition and sale of contemporary artist-made jewelry featured designs by 35 artists from 15 countries. Proceeds from LOOT benefit the Museum’s exhibition and education programs. If you missed the event or want to relive the experience, visit our Facebook photo album (https://www.facebook.com/pg/LOOTjewelry/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1809242345801722) from opening night and make sure you follow our LOOT Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LOOTjewelry/) to get news about future LOOT artists and events.

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https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/mad-process-lab-anna-riley
https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/mad-process-lab-anna-riley

We’re welcoming back MAD Artist Studios Program alumni Anna Riley for an exhibition in the sixth-floor Project Space from May 3 to July 3. Located at the intersections of glass, paper, chemistry, and geology, Anna Riley’s art practice centralizes and isolates moments of material transformation. For her MAD Process Lab exhibition, Anna Riley: The Softening of Stone (https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/mad-process-lab-anna-riley) , the artist captures the power and complexity of transforming geologic materials through an intense and intimate focus on process-based methods of experimentation by way of photography and sculpture.

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http://madmuseum.org/events/artist-studios-talk-and-closing-reception-6
http://madmuseum.org/events/artist-studios-talk-and-closing-reception-6

Join us for this unique opportunity to converse with the residents of Cycle 29 of MAD’s Artist Studios Program—Emily Oliveira (https://madmuseum.org/learn/emily-oliveira) , Emiko Shinozaki (https://www.madmuseum.org/learn/emiko-shinozaki) , Katya Grokhovsky (https://www.madmuseum.org/learn/katya-grokhovsky) , Andrew Bearnot (https://www.madmuseum.org/learn/andrew-bearnot) , Dana Melamed (https://www.madmuseum.org/learn/dana-melamed) , Esperanza Cortés (https://www.madmuseum.org/learn/esperanza-cort%C3%A9s) , and Van Lier Fellow Xin Liu (https://www.madmuseum.org/learn/xin-liu) —before they conclude their residency at the Museum. The program begins in The Theater at MAD, where brief presentations by the artists will illuminate perspectives on critical issues in contemporary craft, art, and design. Artists and visitors will continue the conversation in the sixth-floor Artist Studios as part of a closing reception featuring residents’ work created at MAD.

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MAD is proud to be a founding committee member and leading supporter of NYCxDESIGN (https://www.nycxdesign.com/) , New York City’s official citywide celebration of design. Spanning all disciplines of design, NYCxDESIGN creates a collaborative platform for cultural and commercial opportunities, elevates established and emerging design practices, and increases awareness of and appreciation for design by all audiences. Hosted in New York City, NYCxDESIGN brings together all the disciplines of design, commerce, culture, education, and entertainment with a full, varied program, including exhibitions, installations, trade shows, talks, launches, and open studios.

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** Wanted Design (https://www.wanteddesignnyc.com/)
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May 19 –22, 2018

WantedDesign (https://www.wanteddesignnyc.com/) is a platform dedicated to promoting design and fostering the international creative community at large throughout the year. Its two marquee fairs take place during May’s NYCxDESIGN in both Manhattan and Brooklyn, and include innovative installations, memorable products, pop-up stores, interactive experiences, convivial lounges, thought-provoking student workshops, engaging discourse, and more.

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** ICFF (http://www.icff.com/)
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May 20–23, 2018

ICFF is North America's global platform for architecture and fine interior design, showcasing exclusive luxury interiors, contemporary design, and high-end furniture. This year, ICFF hosts more than 700 exhibitors from more than 30 countries in 11 categories from furniture to materials to kitchen and bath to fabricators.

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** Collective Design @ ICFF (http://collectivedesignfair.com/)
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May 20–23, 2018

For Collective @ ICFF, Collective provides a platform for independent designers. Inspired by process-based explorations, established product designers are invited to share what they consider "alternative" thinking–revealing a newly conceived product, a revolutionary technology, an unusual pairing of design talents or a unique material. A curated group of designers is selected to present within a dedicated section at ICFF.

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** Frieze Art Fair (https://frieze.com/fairs)
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May 4–6, 2018

Featuring more than 190 galleries from 30 countries, Frieze New York 2018 showcases an extraordinary cross-section of work by international artists, from newly discovered talents to the most influential figures of the 20th century.

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http://www.madmuseum.org/exhibition/tanya-agui%C3%B1iga-craft-care


** Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care (http://www.madmuseum.org/exhibition/tanya-agui%C3%B1iga-craft-care)
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May 8, 2018 to October 2, 2018

An exhibition thematically linked to La Frontera: Encounters Along the Border (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/la-frontera) that will highlight the art and activism of Tanya Aguiñiga, founder of AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), a long-term initiative that activates sites along the US-Mexico border through collaborative art-making and storytelling projects. Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft and Care (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/tanya-agui%C3%B1iga-craft-care) features photographic documentation, radio broadcasts, ephemera, data, and other materials generated by AMBOS, as well as seven other projects from Aguiñiga’s ongoing design and artistic practice.

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http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/derrick-adams-sanctuary


** Derrick Adams: Sanctuary (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/derrick-adams-sanctuary)
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Through August 12, 2018

Derrick Adams: Sanctuary (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/derrick-adams-sanctuary) presents new work in mixed-media collage, assemblage on wood panels, and sculpture presented in a site-specific installation designed by the artist that reimagine safe destinations for the black American traveler. This exhibition was inspired by The Negro Motorist Green Book, a Jim Crow –era guidebook identifying businesses that were places of refuge and leisure for black American road-trippers during a time of open and legally prescribed discrimination.

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http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/la-frontera


** La Frontera: Encounters Along the Border (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/la-frontera)
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Through September 23, 2018

48 artists from Mexico, Latin America, the United States, and Europe expose the underlying currents of the US –Mexico border environment within geographic, political, economic, social, cultural, and ideological contexts. The artists, working in the realm of jewelry, transform metal, fiber, wood, and other materials into representations of their experiences, their influences, their dreams, and their nightmares.

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http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/surfacedepth


** Surface/Depth: The Decorative After Miriam Schapiro (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/surfacedepth)
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Through September 9, 2018

In examining the aesthetic and political objectives of Miriam Schapiro’s femmages, this exhibition highlights the pivotal role her work played in expanding the definition of art to include historically marginalized forms of craft, decoration, and abstract patterning while also exploring the use of the decorative in contemporary art.

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https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/mad-process-lab-anna-riley


** Anna Riley: The Softening of Stone (https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/mad-process-lab-anna-riley)
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Through July 3, 2018

Located at the intersections of glass, paper, chemistry, and geology, Anna Riley’s art practice centralizes and isolates moments of material transformation. By way of photography and sculpture, the artist captures the power and complexity of transforming geologic materials through an intense and intimate focus on process-based methods of experimentation.

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http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/samantha-bittman-interlace


** Samantha Bittman: Interlace (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/samantha-bittman-interlace )
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Through September 9, 2018

Interlace (http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/samantha-bittman-interlace) wraps the entry-level elevator bank in a colorful, oversize weaving draft –the pattern weavers follow to work out their designs in advance, dress their loom, and subsequently weave a piece of cloth. This particular weaving draft represents a “sample blanket,” a textile that uses different warp and weft combinations in small sections in order to experiment with weave structures, yarn and color. Printed at this scale, the pattern is recognizable as a tool specific to textile work, while resembling the pixels associated with the digital.

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** Studio Sunday (http://www.madmuseum.org/events/studio-sunday-83)
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Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Free with Museum Admission

Join artist and Van Lier Fellow Lexy Ho-Tai to create a Kooker—a wild and wacky creature from a mysterious, playful, faraway world.

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http://www.madmuseum.org/events/isabel-wilkerson


** Isabel Wilkerson on “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” (http://www.madmuseum.org/events/isabel-wilkerson)
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
$20 general / $10 members and students

Author Isabel Wilkerson presents a lecture on her Pulitzer Prize winning book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, which draws a direct link between the leaderless revolution known as the Great Migration and the protest movements for social justice today.

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http://madmuseum.org/events/refine-spring-2018-opening-event


** RE:FINE Spring 2018 Opening Event (http://madmuseum.org/events/refine-spring-2018-opening-event)
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 - 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
The Store at MAD

Join us for the opening cocktail party and shopping event of RE:FINE Spring 2018 premiering 21 forward-thinking jewelers who offer a refreshing alternative to the conventional world of fine jewelry. On the night of the event guests will enjoy a 20% savings on all purchases.

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http://www.madmuseum.org/events/madmakes-dana-melamed


** MADmakes with Dana Melamed (http://www.madmuseum.org/events/madmakes-dana-melamed)
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 - 6:00 pm
Free with Pay-What-You-Wish Admission

Dana Melamed is driven by curiosity, and her work process is intuitive, experimental, and constantly evolving with the addition of newly discovered materials and methods. For this iteration of MADmakes, Melamed will lead participants in exploring the different textures that can be created from everyday objects, culminating in the creation of mixed-media foil sculptures.

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http://www.madmuseum.org/events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides


** In Conversation: Tanya Aguiñiga and Art Made Between Opposite Sides (http://www.madmuseum.org/events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides)
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
$10 general / $5 members and students

Join artist, designer and activist Tanya Aguiñiga and Shannon R. Stratton, MAD’s William and Mildred Ladson Chief Curator, for a conversation exploring the ongoing community-art and interventionist activities of the bi-national artist collective AMBOS: Art Made Between Opposite Sides, featured in the exhibition Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft and Care.

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https://madmuseum.org/events/art-museum-day-2018#overlay-context=events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides


** Art Museum Day 2018 (https://madmuseum.org/events/art-museum-day-2018#overlay-context=events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides)
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Friday, May 18, 2018 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Pay-What-You-Wish Admission

The Museum of Arts and Design is celebrating the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day (https://madmuseum.org/events/art-museum-day-2018#overlay-context=events/conversation-tanya-aguiniga-and-art-made-between-opposite-sides) by offering Pay-What-You-Wish admission, special public programs and tours, as well as discounts on Membership and at The Store at MAD on Friday, May 18, 2018 from 10 am to 6 pm.

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http://madmuseum.org/events/artist-studios-talk-and-closing-reception-6


** Artist Studios Talk and Closing Reception (http://madmuseum.org/events/artist-studios-talk-and-closing-reception-6)
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Saturday, May 19, 2018 - 3:00 pm
Free with Museum Admission

Join us for this unique opportunity to converse with the residents of Cycle 29 of MAD’s Artist Studios Program.

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Give the gift of a MAD membership this Mother’s Day!

Get one year of special benefits including unlimited free admission to MAD exhibitions, a discount of 10–20% in The Store at MAD, invitations to member-only openings, day trips, special events, and discounts on tickets to MAD’s public programs.

For a limited time, we're also offering a 20% discount on select gift memberships purchased by May 11, 2018. Redeem this offer using the promo code giftmom18.

To purchase your gift, visit madmuseum.org/membership (http://madmuseum.org/support/membership) , call 212.299.7763, email members@madmuseum.org (mailto:members@madmuseum.org) , or stop by the Museum.
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** Opening Reception: Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care (http://madmuseum.org/events/opening-reception-tanya-aguiniga-craft-care)
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

MAD Museum members and supporters are invited to a private reception in celebration of the exhibition Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care. This event is for current members and invited guests only. RSVP by May 7 to members@madmuseum.org (mailto:members@madmuseum.org) .

Not a member? Join today (http://www.madmuseum.org/support/membership) to attend member opening events and more!

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** Travel with MAD: Seattle & Vancouver (http://madmuseum.org/events/travel-mad)
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018 to Monday, May 21, 2018

Join us for a trip to Seattle and Vancouver to explore the arts, crafts, and design of two charming cities with MAD’s William & Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator Shannon R Stratton. For a detailed itinerary, please visit MAD in Seattle & Vancouver or contact Lucig Kebranian, Director of Membership at 212.299.7732 or Lucig.Kebranian@madmuseum.org (mailto:Lucig.Kebranian@madmuseum.org) .

Not a member? Join today (http://www.madmuseum.org/support/membership) to attend these exclusive member events!

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Looking for a rental space for a special event or occasion? MAD offers a variety of spaces to complement your special events. Rentals may include access to gallery floors depending on exhibition schedules. MAD also offers exclusive catering through Ark Restaurants. For additional information or to schedule a site visit, please contact Rebekka Grossman at 212-299-7712 or rebekka.grossman@madmuseum.org (mailto:rebekka.grossman@madmuseum.org) or Emily Andrews at 212-299-7758 or emily.andrews@madmuseum.org (mailto:emily.andrews@madmuseum.org) .

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